EAR INFLUXION

Words about electronic & experimental music

SINCE 2010

Pangaea: New Shapes in the Air (Hadal)Hessle Audio affiliate Kevin McAuley returns to his own Hadal imprint for this four-tracker EP of gritty, slightly-off beats. “Something In Your Eye”...

Randomer: “We Laugh, We Scream” (Hemlock, 2012)Nice, nasty grinder from Randomer that mixes his signature rough and tumble clatter with interesting syncopation and distorted acid.(Source:...

Skeptical: Imperial EP (Exit)“Imperial” hinges around a moody flute sample, but it’s the machine gun percussion of its uptempo breaks that makes it such a cool track. It has some of the...

The Bug: Angels & Devils (Ninja Tune) Kevin Martin is a man of many talents, having explored a variety of sounds within and peripheral to industrial, free jazz, experimental metal, and...

V/A: Tempa All-Stars Vol. 7 (Tempa) I first discovered Tempa when dubstep had started to make its first set of underground waves in the US in the early-mid 00s. While dubstep’s reputation...

AxH: Destroy (Tempa) Dubstep really has gotten a pretty bad rap in many of electronic music’s interconnected circles. Instead of perceiving it as an either/or, I tend to view most...

Clark: Superscope (Warp) This 2-tracker from Chris Clark is a curveball after the unusually lush intricacies of his previous double whammy of his Iradelphic album and its follow-up...

Nate Connelly: A Dream About Being Lost (Blind Colour) Nate Connelly’s debut is a rather smart and sophisticated collection of tracks and songs that skirt the line between leftfield...

Ipman: Persistent Dread / Signal Motion (Osiris Music) Killer, dark bass music from up and comer Ipman. This is the first solo music I’ve heard from him, having enjoyed his...

Duran Duran Duran: “Face Blast” (Planet µ, 2007) Don’t YOU wanna be a ho tonight?(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

Microfilm: “Tilda Swinton” Our tribute to everyone’s favorite cult actress gone Hollywood is a free download in anticipation of our forthcoming full-length album,...

Geiom: Glesprin EP (Frijsfo Beats) Geiom continues on his oddball trajectory of beats, bass and breaks with this new addendum to his recent Black Screen full-length (which I’ve yet...

Cardopusher: Goldo State EP (Iberian Records) Luis Garbán has certainly come a long way since his early gabba/breakcore roots, and he’s been busy. Of all the various Cardopusher...

Proxima: Lie Detection/Brainstem (Tempa) I wonder how many electronic music fans have experienced the same love affair I have had with dubstep. When I first started to hear it in 2005 or so...

Africa Hitech: “93 Million Miles (93 Million Miles, Warp 2011) Still hot as the sun.(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

FaltyDL: Hardcourage (Ninja Tune) FaltyDL takes the full early 90s plunge with this 2-tracker on Ninja Tune. He’s always suggested loyalty to dance music of that era, but these two...

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